"Incipiunt duo libri de arithmetica anitij manilij feuerini Boetij viri clarissimi [et] illustrissimi ex co[n]sulis ordinarij: patricij: ad patricium simmachum"--Caption title at head of p. [3].

Imprint derived from colophon (f8 recto): Finit Arithmetica Boetij bene reuisa ac fideli studio emendata Impressa per Erhardu[m] Ratdolt viri solertissimi eximia i[n]dustria [et] mira imprime[n]di arte: qua nup[er] Venetijs nu[n]c august[ae] excellet nominatissimus. Anno d[omi]ni M.cccc.lxxxviij. Mensis maij die vigesima.

Signatures: a-f⁸.

Chancery quarto; printed in double columns, a2 recto: 40 lines, 151 x106 mm; types: 130 (title), 76 (text); woodcut initials and diagrams.

COPY NOTE: Boston Public LIbrary (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.21 no.2 with title cut out and laid down on a new sheet. Foliated in modern pencil. Leaf dimensions 181 x 127 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public LIbrary (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.21 no.2 formerly owned by Giacomo Soranzo (1681-1761), with autograph dated 1723 on front free endpaper of volume ("1723 Di Giaco: Soranzo"). Occasional early annotations. Purchased in November 1910. Former call number 5129.178.

BOUND WITH: Boston Public LIbrary (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.21 no.2 is the second of two items bound into a single volume.

This digital object presents one of multiple items bound into a single volume.

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